Evan Bouchard’s subsequent quantity must be at the least $1 greater than Darnell Nurse on a long-term extension for the pending RFA
Sportsnet: Jason Bukala on The Fan Hockey Present with Matt Marchese and Mike Futa speaking about Edmonton Oilers pending RFA Evan Bouchard, what a contract extension might be like and the way his recreation has been.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Marchese: “Evan Bouchard, to me, is essentially the most fascinating of the group. That in principle, Evan Bouchard, the way in which he has performed this 12 months, has price himself cash. However Darnell Nurse makes a certain quantity, and we all know, or at the least now we have a fairly good concept, that Evan Buchard shouldn’t be going to make $1 lower than Darnell Nurse. Will we agree with that sentiment?”
Bukala: “I feel nurses what, $9.2 (million)?”
Marchse: “$9.25 (million)”
Bukala: “9.25, uhhh, you’re proper. You’re proper. And that is the place falling in love with one too shortly backs you right into a nook later. As a result of, to me, Bouchard, for what he does offensively, I like it. And there’s, there’s a quantity on the market that is sensible for him.
However is he, you’re gonna, what, eight years at, if he was that lengthy, …”
Marchese: “You gonna go 10, 10 sheets a season?”
Bukala: “Oh my goodness. And put up with a few of his deficiencies. Like, if you happen to obtained, if you happen to guys, anyone’s been watching Edmonton since they began to play higher right here, , we talked concerning the Bouchbomb, for instance. Bouchard, one thing’s occurred the final couple weeks as a result of, yeah, he’s nonetheless obtained the Bouchbomb, however he’s dummied down some issues.
He’s shifting pucks to the flank extra. He’s making performs with like and, and that’s really a superb factor, to be trustworthy with you.
However his defensive, uh, acumen if you’ll, will all the time be common, perhaps common plus proper Futes?”
Futa: “100%”
Bukala: “And he’s no Drew Doughty. He’s no Drew Doughty.”
Marchese: “So that you higher put up 90 factors.”
Buakala: “A minimum of.”
Marchese: “Yeah.”
Bukala: “Like, that’s, that’s…”
Futa: “We had been speaking to Louis DeBrusk about his recreation. We had been speaking about gamers that, as soon as they discovered they weren’t on the crew, and that was previous them, have sort of settled right into a… Like Skinner has been higher. Hyman was injured, however he’s been lights out, and he stated even Bouchard’s video games, picked up a notch.
However I don’t, you’re by no means, there’s some guys, that’s going to choose up a notch, however you’re nonetheless simply going to, they’re going to depart you wanting extra defensively. However he’s obtained such offensive upside and I don’t assume you might argue that he’s their most precious defenseman. So that you begin it, as you stated 9.25 plus $1.”
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